SINGAPORE, Sept. 15, 2025 — Genius Group (NYSE American: GNS), a leader in AI-driven, Bitcoin-focused education, announced today that it repurchased one million of its shares on the open market. The average price paid was $0.90 per share, and the buyback occurred between August 28 and September 11, 2025.
This buyback marks the third executed by the company, following shareholder and board approval in July 2025 for a share repurchase program of up to 20% of its outstanding ordinary shares. To date, Genius Group has bought back three million shares, which is 21% of the total permitted under the approved mandate. These repurchased shares have been returned to the company’s treasury.
The company and its broker adhered to Rule 10b-18 and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, during the buyback process. This ensured compliance and provided a non-exclusive safe harbor regarding the repurchase of shares.
Due to the increase in the company’s share price and market capitalization, the Board has approved the issuance of restricted shares to CEO Roger Hamilton for achieving the initial milestone of a $100 million market capitalization. This is in accordance with the previously approved founder compensation plan. The issuance is contingent upon SLAP approval by the NYSE. This milestone is the first of ten, targeting a $1 billion market capitalization by 2030, as outlined in the founder compensation plan.
Following Board approval for the issuance of 7.1 million restricted shares to the CEO (equivalent to 5% of issued share capital) for reaching the first milestone, and an additional 4.2 million restricted shares related to the Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd Asset Purchase Agreement and Mr. Hamilton’s prior purchase of 650,000 shares on the open market, Mr. Hamilton currently holds 12.7 million Ordinary A shares and 6 million Ordinary C shares in the company. Mr. Hamilton intends to purchase more company shares on the open market after the release of the 2025 H1 financial results and the end of the current blackout period. The company expects to release its 2025 H1 financial results within the next two weeks.
As a result of the company’s recent actions and shareholders utilizing the Direct Registration System (DRS) to transfer their shares to the company’s transfer agent, Vstock Transfer (“Vstock”), 60.3% of the company’s issued ordinary shares will be held in book entry at Vstock, with 39.7% remaining in broker accounts. This will be reflected once Vstock accounts for the recent transactions in the coming week.
Genius Group Board Director and Compensation Committee Chair, Gary Wilde, commented: “We are pleased that Genius Group’s share price and market capitalization has increased significantly in the last twelve months. We credit Roger Hamilton’s decisions as CEO, together with the confidence from our shareholders, for this growth. We are looking forward to the Company progressing through each of the next nine milestones as we fulfil Genius Group’s targets of teaching 100 million students and reaching $1 billion market capitalization.”
Instructions for shareholders interested in transferring shares via DRS to Vstock were provided in the company’s press release dated July 17, 2025.
The company may choose to execute further buybacks within the limits of its approved mandate. This will be balanced with the careful and beneficial use of its approved funding facilities, in a manner, proportion, and timing deemed most appropriate. These decisions will be based on economic and market conditions, along with the company’s share price relative to its current and anticipated enterprise value and net asset value, to preserve shareholder value.
About Genius Group
Genius Group (NYSE: GNS) is a Bitcoin-first business that provides AI-powered education and acceleration solutions for the future of work. Through its Genius City model and online digital marketplace of AI training, tools, and talent, Genius Group serves 5.8 million users in over 100 countries. It delivers personalized, entrepreneurial AI pathways by combining human talent with AI skills and AI solutions at the individual, enterprise, and government levels. To learn more, please visit
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